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Patented Oct. 3, 1933 I I V w r I r UNITED STATES PA EN F ICE" v 2 1,928,786: FOLDING AND CUTTING MACHINE Da nie l 1 ew, Wilmington, n t, assignor to Atlas Powder Company, Wilmington, Del., a corporation of Delaware 7 Application myso, 19332. se n No. 626,551 34 Claims. (01. IMF-71)..

jThis invention relates to wire folding and cut- 'view of the turret and the. associated k -.O ting machines of the character of that shown mechanism. s in Patent ROI-1,696,121, issued'tome on Decem- Figure 8 is an inner face; View. of the; stripper ber 18, 1928. Like the machine'there shown, the fingers and the. actuating mechanism'ior the 5, d vice of the present invention aims to provide same i o v a, machne for folding, into suitable bundles for FigureQ is. a perspective, view of a pair of said shipment and handling,'the pairs of insulated stripper fingers. Y y wires commonly attached to'electric detonators Figure lo 'is a plan .viewoi the; turret and andwhich pairs of wires connect such detonators pounder hereinafter described.

10 to the lead wires which run from the blast- Figure 11 is a sectional. view through h ing machine, and which may have quite a numpounder and cut-off mechanism;v V

ber of. detonators attached to them for simul- Figure'lz is a detailview illustrating one of taneous explosion. the intermediate wire. holding pins hereinafter. The machine of my prior patent aforesaid described.

was so constructed as to fold the wire with a Figure 13is-a diagrammatic view of the. wire 9 stripped the insulatfon from the wire for about trated in Fig. 12.

figure 8 motion into, a correspondingly shaped illustrating'the manner in which it isformed into bundle with each fold overlapping the other; figure 8 bundlesand the manner in which the thus making a bundle whichwould unfold easily connect'ng bight portion between said bundles is' in the fieldwithout .tangling. Said machine'also looped over one of the intermediatepins illustwo and one-half inches from the battery or Figure 14 is a diagrammatic view illustrating blasting machine end and for about one-quarter the mannerinwhich' the. bundlesare twisted to inch at the other end for attachment to the wrap the terminal portions of the wire around detonator. p the intermediate portions of the bundles.

. The machine of the present invention is very I will first describe those portions ofthe'masimilar to my prior machine referred to in that it chine which correspond to the machine of my folds the wire into bundles, measures ofi the reprior patent, andwill then describe the attachquired length for each bundle, cuts the wires ments by means of which I have converted said and removes the insula ion e proper dismachine into a mechanism which will automatitance from the ends of saidwires. cally twist the bundles and-conduct the wrapped 35 However, it is an improvement upon my-prior bundles from the machine without manual opermachine in that instead ofithe operator having ation ,j v to remove the finished bundles by ha d and w st The conducting and insulated wire is, when. the loose battery end around th b ndle, my delivered for use at the machine, double wound, presentmachine twists the bundles so that the or wound in two parallel strands, upon a spool or will retain their proper form, andautomatically rcel- These two parallel strands of wire are removes said bundles from the supports upon d m any suitable external tensioning ean which they are wound. into the shuttle 5, of the machine. (SeeFigs. 1

Further objects and advantages. will be set and 6a.) This shuttle comprises a'tube 6, which forth in the detailed description which follows: pa e through Sleeve 7 in which the tubefi,

Figure, lfis 'a side elevation of a machine emmay have endwisemovement. Sleeve '7, is carried bodying the invention. by a cross-head 8, the latter engaging guides9.

Figure 2 is a view looking from one end of said Vertical movement along said guides is imparted machine, to the cross-head and consequently to the shuttle, 45 Figure 3- is a view looking from the opposit by means of a connecting rod ill, the lower end of end thereof. v V g 1 which is pivotally connected at 11, to a crank 12,

Figure d is a horizontal'sectional viewupon of gear wheel 13. line 4.4of Fig.. 1. Adjustment of the length of the connecting Figure 5 is a plan view with certain of th rod is effected through the provisionof a turn- 0 parts removed. I buckle 10a, and adjustment of the stroke of said Figure 6 is a plan view of the take-off and kickconnecting r i ff y p vi n a nu off plungers hereinafter described. of heles'l2o in the crankjlZ within anyone of Figure 6a is a sectional view through the shutwhich t p v t 11 may v m u t es a 55 tle hereinafter described. r justment is desirable because of the provision of Figure 7 is a fragmentary vertical sectional mean bQdily d u g the up Windinge ,nection at. 1'7, with gear wheel 18.

pins toward the lower winding pins to thereby vary the length of the bundles as hereinafter set forth.

The ways 9 are carried by and move bodily with a cross head 14, that is slidable upon guide rods 15. Motion is imparted to thecross, head 14, by means of a connecting rod 16, having crank con- This gear wheel meshes with a gear wheel 19, the latter meshing with the gear wheel 13. Motion is imparted to the gear wheel 13, from a motor 20, through pinion 21, gear 22, and pinion 23, the latter meshing with said gear 13. The ratio of the gears described is such that the cross head 14,

'makes two strokes to each stroke of the crosshead 8, and shuttle 5, with the result that the wire is wound in figure 8 formation upon the receiving pins 24 and 25, of the turret discs 26 and 27. These discs are carried by a vertical shaft 28, to which a step by step movementis imparted by mechanism hereinafter described.

The purpose of mounting the tube 6, for endwise movement in the cross-head 8, is to permit outward movement or withdrawal of the shuttle, constituted by said tube and associated parts, to an extent sufficient to permit it to clear the wires of the wound bundle at the .point of crossing of the same. This endwise movement or withdrawal is effected by providing a spool-like head 6a, upon ways 29. These guide ways are connected at their upper ends by a block 30, with the upper ends of the ways 9, and they are connected at their lower ends to the cross-head 14, and ways 9, through the medium of a goose neck 32. Thus, the ways move bodily, laterally, with the crosshead 14-, during the vertical reciprocation of the shuttle under the influence of the connecting rod 10, and this combined motion results in the formation of a figure 8 bundle, as previously stated. I It ismanifest that if the shuttle is permitted to makeonly a few vertical reciprocations before the turret is stepped forward to bring another pair of pins 24, 25, into wire receiving position, the length of wire in the wound bundle will be relatively short, while, if the turret is permit- .ted to remain stationary during alonger period of time, so that the shuttle may make more vertical reciprocations before the turret is stepped forward, the length of wire in the bundle will be correspondingly increased. Therefore, this machine comprises means for varying the time at which the turret will be moved to thereby vary the length of wire in the bundle.

'By referring to Fig. 1, it will be seen that the gear wheel 19, is mounted upon a shaft 33. This shaft carries a sprocket wheel 34, which drives through chain 35, to a sprocket wheel 36, upon shaft 37. A change speed gearing is indicated in ,a general way at 38. This gearing will not be debeing against the tensionof a spring 45. When a the lever 44 isreleased by "the dog, a spring 46, moves a sleeve 47, endwise upon the shaft 33. This sleeve is splined'upon the shaft-so that it turns therewith, and when it is moved toward the right,

under the influence of the spring 46, a contact roller 48, is brought into alignment with the lower end of a lever 49, and a cam 50, of the sleeve is brought into alignment with a lever 51. This lever 51 passes through a bar 52. When the cam 50 rides over the lever 51, the bar 52 is moved endwise.

The-bar 52'carries a pin 54. This pin is mounted in a housing 55 and is provided with an angular end 56 which acts against a cam face 57 of a plate 58 so that the pin 54 will be drawn downwardly against the tension of the spring 59 as it rides beneath the cam face 57. However, until this action takes place, the pin 54 lies in engagement with a projection 60a of a bar 60. A spring 61 resists movement of this bar to the left. Upon initial movement of bar 52, the pin 54 moves the locking pin 62 of bar 60 out of engagement with one of the notches 63 of a locking disc 64 which is fast upon the shaft 28, and as the bar 52 continues its movement, the withdrawal of pin'54 from its engagement with the projection 60a releases bar 60 and permits the spring 61 to project the locking pin 52 against the edge of disc 64 upon which it rides until the next notch of said disc 64 comes into position to have pin 62 enter the same during the movement of the bar 52 to the left, in Fig. 4, the turret will be stepped forward to bring another pair of the pins 24,25 into wire receiving position; this being effected by the engagement of a a pawl 64 with the teeth of a ratchet wheel 65 thatis fast upon the vertical shaft 28.

The pawl 64' is connected to the bar 52 by a conventional type of adjustable pivot, indicated at 64a, and by means of which limited adjustment of the pawl, with respect to the bar 52 may be effected. A spring 66, holds the pawl in engagement with the teeth of the ratchet wheel.

A cam 67 (see Fig. l) is disposed in the path of movement of a roller 68, that is carried by an arm 69 of sleeve 47, and serves to move said sleeve to the left and against the tension of spring 46,

preparatory to repeating the above described operation. The lever 44 is pivoted at 69a and a yoke 70 of said lever is engaged with an annularly chanvthen acts to holdthe sleeve in the position illustrated in Fig. 1, with roller 48, and a cam 50, out of alignment with the levers 49 and 51 until the trip 40 again engages roller 41 to disengage the dog 43 from the lower end of the lever 44.

The parts so far described are substantially like the corresponding parts in my Patent No. 1,696,121 except that the pins 24, 25 in'my improved machine are mounted for rotation with blocks 72 and 73; the latter being carried by spindles 74, '75 which are mounted for rotation in the upper and lower turret discs 26 and '27, respectively. These spindles carry pinions 76, '77, and outwardly of said pinions they carry guide blocks 78 and '79; the latter having arcuate inner faces 80 which ride against, the peripheries of fixed plates 81, 82 to hold thepins 24, 25 in positions disposed radially outward, or, in other words, in positions to have the wire wound thereon by the action of the shuttle 5.

Secured to the fixed plates 81, 82 are segmental gears 83, one of which is shown in Fig. 10'and when the pinions '76 engage these segmental gears just prior to the time that the bundles reach the take off position, a bodily turning movement is imparted to the blocks '73 to an extent sufficient sumed,

'ret disc.

the bundle as indcatedin Fig; 14-.

At this'time,' the particular guide blocks '78, concerned, ride into cut away portions 84 0f the flxed'plates 81, 82, so'that the turning movement of the blocks 72, 73 and the pins carriedthereby, maytake place After the pinions have traveled over the gears 83 they finish their rotation in such position that the guideblock 78a, which has already passed over the gear, is in proper position to again engage the periphery of the adjacent plate 81 or 82 so that its guiding funct'on is reto wrap the wire around the central portion of The'upper'portion of the shaft 28 is journaled in a transverse member 85 and this frame memher is in turn supported upon the vertical frame members 86, see'l ligs. 2 and'i. An anvil 87 is bolted to one of thevertical members 86, see Fig. 10, and lies in position to cov-act with an insulation pou'nderpandwire cutter, the head of which is indicated at 88 and the operation of which will be more particularly hereinafter described.

The supporting extension 89 of the anvil is traversed by the shaft 28'but .s not secured to said shaft. The upper plate 81 of the turret carries pins 90 which pass through openings 91 formed in the transverse-frame member85, the purpose of this construction being to: hold the plate 81 against turning while permitting its bodily adjustment vert'cally along 'with the upper turret disc 26 and associated parts; this being offected by means of the adjusting nuts 92 and 93;'

the latter underlying the hub of the upper turret disc 26- and the former underlying a sleeve 94 which projects upwardlyfrom'a plate 95 that is secured by screws 96 tothehub of the upper tur This construction renders it possible to bodly adjust-the upperturret disc and its pins 24 toward or from the pins 25 to therebyvar'y the over all length of the bundle'being wound.

Referring now to Fig. 10 it will be observed that whereas in my prior patent there were twelve winding pins upon each disc, in my'new construction there are only six of the pins .24,

25 assocated witheach disc. However, I employ i pins 96 which alternate with the pins 24 and I utilize these intermediate-pins to grip and maintain a suitable tensionupon the intermediate or b'ght portion of the wire, as indicated at 97, in Figs. 13 and 14. The construction by which this is achieved is best illustrated 'in- Fig. 12 where it will be seen that the intermediate pins 96 are spring actuated inwardly by springs 98 which bear between their heads 99 and a block 100; the latter depending from the under side of the upper turret disc 26.. During the'ro;ation of the disc 26 the upper end of a lever 101 rides over a cam 'block 102, Figs. wand 12, and the lower end of said lever acts to thrust the .pin 96 outwardly against the tension of'its spring'98.

cause the wire strand to be caught over and lie in the notch 96a of sa d intermediate pin. Then,

when the upper end of the lever 101 rides out of its engagement with the block 102 and said lever is released, the spring 98 acts to thrust the pin 96 rearwardly and to bind or grip said wire within said notch'and against the inclined face 100a of the block 100.

toward the anvil 87.

head is'such that'the two surfaces 88a, 88b crush,

Movement of the-turret continuesto bring the next rotative set of pins 24, 25 into alignment with-theshuttl and the turret comes to a position'of rest whereupon the action of the shuttle winds another bundle uponthe next succeeding set of 'pins. Just before a pin 96 reaches'the take off position its lever 101 engages anothercam 102a to again pr'oject the pin outwardly and release its grip-uponthe wire.

Referring .now 'more particularly to Figs. 10

v and 11, it will be seenthat the head 88 which-coacts with the anvil 87 is carried by a shank 104 that is mounted to slide in a; block 105;;thelatter being secured, seeFig. 2, toone of the vertical frame members 86 through the medium of a bracket 107; A crossbar 108 that is secured to the outer end of the shank 104 carries screws 109 through wh'ch the tension of springs'110 may be adjusted.

These springs are ends to fixed members 111 which project outwardly from theblbck l05 and'these springs serve to forcibly project shank 104 and the pounding of said gear 19. A spring 116a tends to elevate the free end of lever 116.

When the bell crank lever has retracted head connected at their inner andcutting head 88 toward the face of the anvil 88it is latched in retracted position by a latch v 118. This latch is in the form of a rod that is elevated by a springl19, Fig. 2,- and the lower end of which is engaged by a crank arm 120 on a rock shaft 121. The other end of this rock shaft carries thelever 49. Consequently, when thecontact roller 48 moves lever 49, the rock shaft will be rocked and the latch will be actuate'd to release shank 104; and-permit the springs 110 to shoot the head 88 of the pounder forcibly The construction of this the insulation of the wires while'the point 880 acts to sever the wires. The collar 108a and the cross bar 108 limit the inward movement of the head 88 so that said head'does not actually contact with the anvil but merely engages, the wires with sufficient force to crush the insulation. However; the knife or point 880 projects far enough beyond the surfaces 88a to'actually sever the wires. V I

It willbe observed that the anvil comprises a horn 87a which aids in guiding the wires on to the face of the anvil, and when the pounder, comprised by head 88 and shank 104 acts upon the wires, there will be a short end of each bundle which will have the insulation crushed by the face 88a to one side of the line of cut and a no Wire there around; the proper tension is maintained on thefree end of the wire by the action of the pin 96 and there-after the pin is released by the action of cam 102a as previously described When the-turret in its travel brings about the V twisting, of the bundle to twist the end of the just prior to the action of the take-off? mechanism which will now be described, 7 The shaft 33 of the machine in my prior patent is provided with a gear wheel ;122 which meshes with a gear wheel 123 on a shaft 124. The hub of the gear wheel 123 carries a cam 125 which imparts vertical reciprocation to a rod 126; the latter being actuated downwardly by a spring 127. This rod carries a rack 128 which meshes with a gear wheel 129 on shaft 130. A- second gear wheel 131 on the shaft 130 meshes with a rack 133 on a take-off rod 134; the latter being mounted to slide in guides 135. A plunger com- .prising a head 136 and a stem 137 is slidably mounted in the inner end of the rod 134and is normally thrust toward an abutment 871) that projects from the anvil, by a spring 138.

A latch l39is pivoted, at 140, upon a pin which is fixed within the rod 134, and this fixed pin traverses a slot 141 that is formed in the shank 137. A spring 150 tends to move the outer end of the latch 139 into alignment with rod 134.

The free end of the latch 139 is forked, as indicated at 139a, to straddlethe abutment 87b and when the take-off rod134 moves inwardly or toward the bundle, see Figs. 6 and 7, the bevelled nose 139a of the latch rides over the wire of the bundle, indicated at B, and said nose yields laterally against the tension of spring 150 to permit the forward end of the latch to pass the wire of the bundle. This movement forward continues until the head 136 binds the wire between itself and the abutment 871) after which I provide a pair of swinging fingers 151, 152 whichare carried by a vertical rock shaft 153 and these fingers swing outwardly and thrust the upper and lower ends of the bundles off the pins 24,

25 simultaneously withthe outward movement of ,rod 134. The shaft 153 is actuated by a crank 154 and cam 155 of a disc 156 on shaft 124.

While I have illustrated the pounder andcutter as being both carried by the single head 88, it is apparent that the structure of the pounder could be duplicated, and the knife could be carried by a separate element from that which carries the insulation crushing faces. Further, I wish it to be understood that in the claims, the term shuttle is to be construed to be any member which has a guiding eye or element for the wire and is considered to traverse a defined path for the purpose of winding the wire upon the supports. p

. The outward movement of the bundle along with the take oif arm carriessaid bundles in between upper and lower pairs of stripper fingers 158 and 159. The construction of these stripper fingers, and their actuating mechanisms is best illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9 from which it will be seen that the upper stripper fingers 158 are pivoted, at 169, upon a lateral extension 161 of a .supports 179 of the frame.

ciprocation of these slides is such as to move the respective pairs of stripper fingers toward and from each other. The fingers of each pair are connected together by springs 165, 166.

i It will be observed, Fig. 9, that the stripper fingers are extended beyond the levers by which they are carried to form rearwardly' extending tails 167; these tails engaging fixed guide blocks 168, 169 carried by the frame 170. It will be noted that the upper block 168 tapers upwardly and the lower block 169 tapers downwardly. Consequently, the upper fingers 158 begin to move toward each other under the influence of spring 165 as-slide 162 moves upwardly and the lower fingers begin to move toward each other as they begin to move downwardly. The result of this is that the fingers 158 and 159 straighten the free ends of the wire, drawing said free ends upwardly and downwardly until they lie in alignment with the bundles, and by the time the fingers reach those portions b, b of said free ends upon which the insulation has been crushed and weakened by the action of the pounder they will be gripping the wire tightly enough to strip the loosened insulation from the free ends of the wire to leave clean and bare terminal portions adapted for connection to a lead wire and a detonator, respectively. 7

The reciprocation, in unison of the slides 162 and 164, is effected by a pinion 171 which engages racks 172, 173 formed upon the respective slides.

This pinion 171 in turn receives its movement through a pinion 174, rack bar 175 and eccentric 176. The rack bar 175 is held in engagement with the pinion 174 by a spring 177.

- After the stripping action has been completed a kick-off plunger shoots laterally across the take-off bar and kicks the bundle out of engagement with the latch 139. This kick off mechanism is best illustrated in Figs. 5, 6 and 8, and by referring to these figures it will be seen that it comprises a plunger rod 178 mounted in suitable A spring 180 tends to thrust this take-off mechanism laterally across the path of the take off rod and latch. How-- ever, it is held in retracted position and against the tension of spring 180 until the slide 164 in its downward movement carries a guide block 181 below a detent pin 132, said pin being carried by the kick off head 183.

When the guideblock passes below said detent pin 182, spring 180 shoots head 183 forwardly, see Fig. 6, whereupon a cam surface 184 of said head acts against the cam surface 185 of head 36 to press plunger 137 inwardly against the tension of its spring and releases the bundle. At the same time, the shoulders 186 of head 183 forcibly contact the bundle and kick it laterally out of its engagement by the latch, said bundle, completely assembled, folded, twisted and in stripped condition falling into a suitable receptacle ready for packing in suitable containers without'further manual handling.

By referring to Fig. 8, it will be seen that those portions of the head 183 which carry cam faces 184 and 185 are formed upon forked portions of head 183 so that this element is adapted to straddle latch 139 and associated parts. To retract the kick off plunger, the guide block 181 is provided with a cam groove 167 and when the slide 164 again moves upwardly the detent pin 182 engages in" this cam groove so that as the block 181' rises the kick off plunger will be retracted.

By referring to Fig. 6, it will be seen that the cam groove 187 decreases in depth toward its lower end so that while 'thedetent pin 182 may be fully projected beyond the face of the head 183 by spring 168 atthe time that it engages inthe upper end of said cam groove, it'will, as it rides along said cam-groove be thrust inwardly against the tension of spring 188 by the decreasing depth of the cam groove. I

However, when it reaches the lower end of the cam groove and ridesout of the same, it will spring outwardly under the influence of it's spring 188 to againengage behind the guide-block along the surface189, Figs. 6 and 8, to'thereby holdthe kick of! mechanism in retracted position until the guideblock again descends, and saiddetent pm 182 is free to move iorwardlyover the top of said guide block torepeat the operation.

By virtue of the construction herein shown and described I am'ableto rapidly andeconomically wrap'the wire in bundles of'varying length with varying lengths of wire in thebundle; remove the insulation from 'the free ends of the wire;

twist the free ends of the wire around the wrapped thatI am the'first'toprovide a mechanism which obvious that I might'just as easily have substituted other specificallyconstructed elements to get'the desired result. Conseq'uentl-y, it isto be understood thatthe invention includes within its the terms orth'e spirit of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is I. A machine of the character described comprising a turret carrying a pair of spaced -sup-' ports, a shuttle traversing said turret, means for imparting such movement to the shuttle as to wind "wire in figure 8 form upon said supports,

means for imparting a step by step turning movee 2 wi i-structure as recited in claim I in combination with means for imparting turning .movcmerit to said supports to thereby twist the free end of the wire around a formed handle.

.3. A structure as recited in claim 1 wherein said supports are provided with spindles,- pinions carried by said spindles, and racks with which said pinions engage in theturnin'g movement .of

the turret to -thereby impart aturning movement to the supports and the bundles carried thereby, as and for the purposes set forth," 1 4. Astructure as recited in claim .1 in combiwith an insulation crushing and wire cutting means disposed between the wire winding A position and the take-off position of said turret,'.

thermovementot the turret carrying'the' wire past J said insulation crushing and wirecutting point. 5,. Astructure as recited in clairri'l incombijnation with an anvil interposed between the turret-comprising a" pair of :spaced discs; a plus. rality of spindles journaled in each of saiddiscs,

pins supported from andladapted 'to turnwith said spindles, said pins constituting wire receiving supports, a shuttle traversing the facetof said turret between the wire receiving supports, means for imparting such'movement to the'shuttle as to windwire upon-the pins in figure 'Bzfbrm, a shaft by which said discs are carried, means for .ims parting step by, step turningixmovement' to said shaft, and means for imparting bodilyturning movement :to the spindles under the influence of the turning movement :of theturret to :thereby imparta bodilyturning movement to the bundles of wire upon the pins to wind the ireeendsoi the wire about said bundles. 7. A structure as recited in claim fi in combination with "means for bodily adjusting one of the discs toward andfrom the other.

8. A structure as decited-incIaim-B in-eombina,

tion with an anvil 'disposed'betweentheiupper and lower discs,'a-'nd an insulation crushingand wire cutting mechanism oo-acting with said anvil.

9. A structure as recitedin claim 6. in.com; bination with an anvil disposed between the upper and lower discs, an insulation crushing and wire cutting mechanism c'o-acting with said anvil, and a take-off mechanism disposed-ata'pointin the rotation of the turret beyond the insulation crushing and wire cutting mechanism, saidtakes off mechanism comprising-meansreciprocable to, ward and from-the turret and comprising a lateh V 7 adaptedto engage the bundle and carry it laterally purview :wha-tever changes come within either away fromthe turret. a l

10. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a pairof spaced supports, of means for imparting turning movement to said supports and a wire bundle wound thereon, or a take-oi! mechanism reciprocabletoward and'from the wound bundle and comprisingmeans for-en.- gaging andholding saidbundle, and means adjacent the supports and engaging the wound bundles at points near said supports for-thrusting the wire fromsa id supports simultaneously with the withdrawal of [the bundle by mechanism. I

11. The" combination with a turret carrying spaced supports, means for imparting a-step by step turning movement to said turret, insulation crushing and wire cuttingmeans associated with the turret, a take-off mechanism m engaging --andbodilymoving wou'nd'bundles laterally from said supports; and oppositely travelling stripper fingers between whichsaid bundles are delivered by the take-off mechanism, said stripper fingers being shaped and'adapted to straighten out. the free ends oi the wire and strip the crushed insulation therefrom. 1 a 12. A structure as recited inc'laim llincom- *bination -with a kick-off mechanism actingrtranse versely withre'spect to the take oif mechanism, and means for moving the-kick'ofi mechanism torele'ase the bundle from the takeoll mechanism.

and thrust said bundle out of engagement with said take-off mechanism after the stripper the take-off fingers have -movedout of engagement-with the free'ends of the bundle. 13. The combination with a turret comprising thereby, a plurality of substantially horizontally disposed pins mounted for bodily rotation in said discs, means for imparting a step by step movement to said turret to bring the respective pins to a plurality of stations, a shuttle reciprocable vertically'across the face of the turret at one of said station's, means for imparting such movement to the. shuttle as to wind. wire in figure 8 form upon opposed pins .of the upper and lower disc, an anvil between said discs, insulation crushing and wirecutting means co-acting with said anvil, wire gripping and tensioning members alternating with said pins andadapted to grip andhold the wire at points between. adjacent bundles, a laterally reciprocable take-ofirod, a latch carried by said rod, a plunger carried by said rod, a backing up membenwithwhicha headof said plunger co-acts, said latch being yieldably mounted with respect to the rod to adapt it to engage behind the wound bundle and withdraw the same from the pins as the take-off rod moves away from the turret.

' 14-. A :structure as decited in claim 13 in combination with-upper ,and lower pairs of take-off fingers between which the bundle is delivered by thetake-ofi mechanism, means for moving the pairsof fingers away from each other, means for moving the fingers of a pair toward each other'as said pairs of fingers move away from each other, said fingers serving to straighten out the free ends of the wire and strip the crushed insulation therefrom.

t 15. A structureiof the character described comprising wire folding means, a take-01f mechanism reciprocable toward and from the bundles of folded wire and comprising means for gripping said bundles and carrying them outwardly, upper and lower pairs of stripper fingers between which. said bundles are delivered by the take-off mechanism, means acting to draw said stripperfingers forcibly toward each other as the pairs of stripper fingers move away from each other and for forcing the stripper fingesof a pair away from each other as said pairs of stripper fingers movejtoward each other, and means for moving the stripper fingers toward each other.

16. A machine of the character described comprising a rotative turret carrying spaced supports, means for winding wire in bundles upon said -supports,.means for shifting the turret. to carry the wound bundles from winding position to a take-off position, means disposed between' the winding and take-oif'positions. for crushing the insulation upon and cutting thewire between adjacent bundles, means located at the take-off position for bodily thrusting the wound bundles from said spaced supports, anda take-off mechanism engaging the bundles and carrying them laterally away from the turret.

17. A structure as recited in claim 16 in combination with means between the winding and take-off positions for imparting bodly turning Imovement to the bundles to twist the free ends of the wire therearound.

18. A structure as recited in claim 16 in combination .with means between the winding and take-off .positionsfor imparting bodily turning torthe supports.

19. The combination with a turret comprising a plurality of upper and lower spaced pins, of

a wire guiding element for winding wire in bun- .dle form upon'said pins, means for imparting step by step turning movement to the turret to carry the wound bundles from winding position to a take-off position, means for varying the time of movement of the turret to permit a greater or less number of strokes of the wire guiding means between the movements of the turret, an insulation crushing means between the winding and take-off positions, a take off element adapted to grip the wound bundles at the take-off position and to remove said bundles from said support.

20. The combination with a turret comprising a plurality of upper and lower spaced pins, of a wire guiding element for winding Wire in bundle form upon said pins, means for imparting step by step turning movement to the turret to carry the wound bundles from winding position to a take-off position, means for varying the time of movement of the turretto permit a greater or less number of strokes of the wire guiding means between the movements of the turret, insulation crushing means between the winding and takeoff position, a take-off element adapted to grip the wound bundles at the take-off position and to remove said bundles from said support, and stripping means associated with the take-off mechanism to which the bundles are delivered by the take-off mechanism.

21. The combination with a turret comprising a plurality of upper and lower spaced pins, of a wire guiding element for winding wire in bundle form upon said pins, means for imparting step by step turning movement to the turret to carry the wound bundles from winding position to a take-off position, means for varyingthe time of movement of the turret to permit a greater or less number of strokes'of the wire guiding means between the movements of the turret, insulation crushing means between the winding position and take-off position, means at the takeoff position for removing said bundles from said support, stripping means associated with the take-off mechanism to which the bundles are delivered by the take-off mechanism, said stripper fingers being arranged in pairs and movable toward and away from each other, and means for causing said stripper fingers to grip the free ends of the wire of the bundles to strip the crushed insulation therefrom.

.22. An insulation removing unit for wire winding machines comprising a plunger, spring means for projecting said plunger, an insulation crushing head carried by the plunger, a latch for holding the plunger in retracted position, and means .for'retracting the plunger to aposition to be engaged by said latch.

23. An insulation removing unitfor wire winding machines comprising a plunger, spring means for projecting said plunger, an insulation crushing head carried by the plunger, a latch for holding the plunger in retracted position, and means r for retracting the plunger to a position to be engaged by said latch, said head being provided with insulation crushing surfaces anda wire cutting point. 7

' 24. An insulation removing unit for wire winding machines comprising a plunger, spring means for projecting'said plunger, an insulation crushing head carried by the plunger, a latch for holdprevent actual contact of the head of the plunger with the anvil.

25. A stripper unit for a machine of the character described comprising a pair of members movable toward and from each other, a pair of Stripper fingers carriedby each of said elements, means for moving the stripper fingers of a pair toward each other, and cam members shaped to move the stripper fingers of eachpair away from each other as the pair'of stripper fingers move toward each other and for permitting the stripper fingers to move toward each other as the pairs of stripper fingers move away from each other.

26. A take-01f mechanism for removing wire bundles'from wire folding machines comprising a reciprocable bar, alatch pivoted with respect to said bar, means tending to hold the latch in alignment with the'bar, said latch having a surface shaped to engage the wire bundle and to be deflected by the bundle to permit said latch to engage behind the bundle. V

27. A stripper unit for a machine of the character described comprising a pair of .members movable toward and from each other, a pair of stripper fingers carried by each of said elements, means for moving the stripper fingers of a pair toward each other, cam members shaped to move the stripper fingers of each pair away from each other as the pairs of stripper fingers move toward each other and for permitting the stripper fingers to move toward each other as the pairs of stripper fingers moveawayifrom each other.

28. A take-off mechanism for removing wire bundles from wire folding machines comprising a reciprocable bar, .a latch pivoted with respect to said bar, means tending to hold the latch in alignment with the bar, said latch having a surface shaped to engage the wire bundle and to be deflected by the bundle-to permit said latch to engage behind the bundle, an abutment lying behind the wire bundles at thetake-ofi point, and a spring actuated plunger carried by the take-off rod adapted to bind the bundle itself and said abutment.

29. A stripper unit for a machineof the character described comprising a pair of members movable toward and from each other, a pairof stripper fingers carried by each of said elements. means for moving the stripper fingers of a pair toward each other, cam members shaped to move the stripper fingers of each pair away from each other as the pairs of stripper fingers move toward each other and for permitting the stripper fingers between 30. A take-off mechanism for removing wire bundles from'wire folding machines comprising areciprocable bar, a latch pivoted with respect to said bar, means tending'to hold the latch in alignment with the bar, said latch having a surface shaped to engage the wire bundle and to be deflected by the bundle to permit said latch to engage behind the bundle, an abutment lying behind the wire bundles at the take-oil point, and a spring actuated plunger carried by the take-off rod adapted to bind the bundles between itself and, said abutment, a kick-off member movable laterally across the take-ofi bar and interengaging cam surfacesbetween said plunger and the kickoff member whereby initial moveadjacent bundles, and means for imparting bodily turning movement to the supports to wind the free ends of the wire around the wound bundles.

32. A structure as recited in claim 31 in combination with an ejecting mechanism for the bundles located at the take-oil position. v

33. The combination with a turret comprising a plurality of upper and lower spaced pins, of

'a wire guiding element for winding wire in bundle form upon said pins, means for imparting step by step turning movement to the turret to carry the wound bundles from winding position to a take-off position, an anvil disposed between the upper and lower spaced pins, an

insulation cutting and crushing element coacting with said anvil to crush the insulation from the wire after the winding of the bundles has been completed, and a bundle removing mechanism located at the take off position'and operable in timed relation to the turret movement for re-: moving the wound bundles from said pins.

34. A structure as recited in claim 33 in combination with means for bodily turning the pins during their travel from winding to take off positions to wind the free ends of'the severed. bundles around said bundles prior to the opera-, tion of thetake off mechanism.

DANIEL D. HUYETT. 

